Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-28

contested by Mr.. Harrison. Should the |
contest be brought at an immediate |
extra session the democrats would find |
at least four of their seats vacant, besides
that from Indiana. These are the seats
belonging to the democrats from New
jersey, West Virginia, Florida and Cali
fornia, Mr.. Hearst, of the latter state,
being i'll. SO it is probable that the
senate which dies next Friday will not
be succeeded by its successor until afteri
the usual vacation and by that time all
pending elections will have been settled.
-
The official representatives. of the two
political parties in Yankton-the COM
mittees selected by republicans and
democrats at last springs city .conven-
tiops came together Saturday and for
inally agreed to plan of operations
which will eliminate politics from the
municipal election next April and will
enable the business men and property
! owners of Yankton to organize city
government purely in the interest OF
those who have an ownership right to
say who shall transact the public busi-
ness. The proposition came from the
republican party, which is the majority
party in the city on purely political
test, and was duly accepted by the DEM
ocratic party, which through the
strength of it's minority usually manages
to secure recognition at the polls.. The
movement on both sides has been en-.
tirely divorced from political considera-
tiops, though to make all things equal
there is an intention to fairly divide
places between the two parties, if this
can be accomplished without infringing
upon the controlling motive-to create
O city government composed of compe-
tent men, who will represent the intel
ligence and business sense of this com
munity. This Is the plan and it meets
with general appreciation in business
circles. The necessity for such course
has been forced upon the people of this
city by year OF government which has
proved unsatisfactory in many ways (.
Through the experience of mismanage-
ment and inetficiency has come nearly
unanimous conviction that the parties
most interested-the business
men and property owners
must go outside the trodden path OF
politics and reach q remedy through the
patriotism of a non partisan public. A cri.
sis ln municipal affairs has been reached
which renders necessary this course and
she crisis has been boldly met in the
prelimlnaries of this plan OF genera
J utility.
An entire city ticket is to be eleetef
in April and each OF the four wards is tt
elect an alderman, giving the city fou'
new members OK council consisting O
eight aldermen. To give to the alder
manic body the requisite materisl fo
A the consummation of the contemplated
= reformatory work il is necessary to plac
competent business men in all the place
to be rendered vacant by expiration 9
terms OF office. The business men
movement must succeed in each of tn
four wards. This can be accomplishe
' through the plan instituted. 1t is nc
, believed that there will be any marke
opposition to the project for good go'
ernment for ell
A joint committee OF reput
Iicans and democrats twenty-tw
in ell - has been designate
to name the candidates who el
to be voted for at the coming electio
a. and as nomination is equivalent
election in this case it is presumed ths
the convention thus created Will exc
cise proper care in making selection
IN The committee is satisfactory one ar
"a there is general confidence that it vi
faithfully perform its important dutie
e' The Temperance people of the ci,
have been earnestly iaborlng to accom-
IL plish the object arrived at by the bu
;, iness men, but have not gone SO far
= designate ticket. II now seems pr
bsole that they viii endorse the actic
OF the business men and thus render Il
movement unanimous. They ha
postponed iurther action until 4
i'm decisive meeting Of the business mel
= committee end il they acquiesce in th
actiorfthe movement for better goyeI